A state commission overseeing the approval of slot machine licenses in Maryland is leaning heavily on Penn National Gaming Inc. to increase its stake in a Cecil County gaming parlor, suggesting it might not approve the project otherwise. Penn National officials said they’re planning to seek the 1,500 slot machine licenses they’ve been authorized to [...]

Anne Arundel County has been waiting, if that’s the word, for slot machines for about seven years now. What’s another few months? Well, to two of the most powerful men in the state, quite a lot. Gov. Martin O’Malley and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., hungry to get their hands on millions in [...]

The latest computers from some of the biggest manufacturers in the business are now coming online gambling ready. New computers, starting in 2010, will have online casino software already loaded in them. Now, all a customer will have to do is run the software, open up an account, and start losing money. The reason it [...]